Dinner and cocktails
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Last Thursday I took a train to Helsinki to visit the Kyöpelit gala, which is organised by Pelit magazine, the most notable games magazine in Finland. They have a big vote for the best games of the year and Finnish game industry association FIGMA presents the awards for the best selling games. I was lucky enough to get an invite through a competition in the magazine.
It was interesting, though I'm not on my own territory in a fancy event like that. I don't mind wearing a suit and a tie - I quite like it, actually - but mingling with strangers is another thing. I didn't have many insightful conversations with interesting industry people - I had few words with the first Finnish academic, whose doctoral thesis was about games and the editor in chief of Pelit. About board games, naturally.
It was an interesting event, nonetheless. The awards were dead boring - Halo 2, Half-Life 2, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, EA Games collecting tons of gold and platinum, all very predictable. Still, it was good fun and while I won't be at all sad if I don't get an invite next year, it was something I didn't have to regret.
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